Roofing-strip.



PATENTED JUNE 23, 1908.

P. O. OVERBURY. ROOFING STRIP.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5, 190

COMPANY; 013'". RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION 9F NEW -JERSEY.-

BOOFING-STRIIE.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 23, 1908.

Application filed liovemberb, 1907. Serial No. $00,845.

Tocll'whom it may concern:

,Be it known that I, FREDERICK OVER- BURY, of New York, in the county ofNew York and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Roofing-Strips, of which the following is aspecification. v j

Th1s invention relates {to coverings for roofs and sides of buildingsand other structures, the covering being composed of overlapping stripsof flexible material of indeter-- mlnate length, adapted to be laid inoverlapping courses, and cut off wherever required. j

The invention has forfits object to provide a roofing strip of thischaracter, of such form that a series of strips may belaid in suchmanneras to produce difierent effects, the

T efiect in each case being that of panels arranged in rows extendingatright angles to .the length of the strips, the panels being of such formas to give acheckered eiiect to the roof or side of a building. v

The invention consists in the im roved form of stri which I will nowprocee to describe and c aim.

'Of the accompanying drawings,forrning a part of. this specification-,Figure 1 represents aside vlew-oi a portion of a roofing strip formed'inaccordance with my invention.' Fig. 2 represents a perspective viewshowing a series of said strips lald to produce a series of rows ofpanels which are elongated lengthwise of the rows. Fig. 3 represents aerspective view showing a series of strips aid to produce a row ofpanels which are elongated crosswiseof the rows. Fig. 4 represents aside view showing a modified form of strip.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all thefigures.

In the drawings a represents the body oi formlng l edge of the body ofthe strip. V The side edges of the structure covere by the strEips. V

1g. 2, the

between the tongues, so'- that covered. One edge of the roofing strip"is interrupted by a 2 2 oi the tongues are substantially at rightangles with the length of the strip, and are therefore substantiallyparallel with each UNITED ,srnrns PATENT OFFICE FREDERIOKO. OVERBURY, orNEW YORK, N. Y.,IASSIGNOR ro FLINTKOTE MANUFACTURING,

other. The tongues and the recesses are of substantially equal width;that to saty, the

distance between the side edges 2 2 o ach tongue is substantially thesame as the dise tance between the adjacent edges 2' 2 of two adjacenttongues. This" iormation of the strip enables a'roof laymg a series ofoverlappingstrips in either 1 of the two arrangements shown in Figs. 2

and 3, each arrangement resulting in the production of a series of rowsof panels,- each row extending crosswise of the length of the panels, orfrom the up er to theloweredge In the arrangement shown in g bottom ends3 of the tongues coincide with covering to be formed by the edges 4which form the ends of the recesses the panels of each row are formedpartly by the tongues and partly by portions of the bodies of thestripsythe panels being thereforeelong'ated lengthwise of the rows. Thisarrangement also results in the formation of a thickened projecting edgeat the upper end of'each panel, said edges being formed by the assemlage ofth'e edges 3 of-the tongues and-the edges 4 of the-recesses.These thickened or two-part. edges are heightenthe' variegated. effectimparted to the roof by the pane In the arrangement shown in Fig.3, thetongues are arranged in alinement with each other: so that eachalternate row of panels is formed wholly by the tongues, while the otherrows are formed the bodies of the strips, so that the. dimensions of thepanels are the same as the dimensions of the tongues *and recesses. Inthe embodiment of the invention here shown,

the width of each tongue between the side edges 2 2 is, greater than theprojection of the bottom edge 3 from the body ofthe strip, so that whenthe "strips are arranged as shown in Fig. 3, each panel is elongated-in;a direction crosswise of the row of which it forms a part. It willbe seen thereforethat provision is made for imparting different eflefisto the roof or structure covered, the same formof strip being adapted toproduce either effect.

desirable because they wholly by portions of The edges4 of. the recessesand the edges 3 interrupted tongues of the tongues are shown in Figs. 1,2 and 3 as straight, but they may differ from this form, as indicated inFig. 4. Y

I claim g 1. A roofing strip having one of its edges by spaced recessesforming projecting from the body of the strip, the side edges of thetongues being substantially at right angles with the length of thestrip, and the tongues and recesses being of substantially e ries ofstrips may e laid to form panels arranged in rows in which the panelsare'elongated either lengthwise or crosswise of the rows.

2. A roofing strip having one of its edges interrupted by s acedrecesses formin tongues projecting rom the body of the strip,

ual width, whereby ase-.

arranged in rows in which each alternate row is formed wholly-by thetongues while the other rows are formed wholly of portions of the bodiesof the strips, or in which each panel is formed partly by a tongue andpartly by a portion of the body of a strip.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

FREDERICK O. OVERBURY.

Witnesses:

CHAsE. TOLHURSE, ALPHA H. PHILLIBS.

